The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-09-24
A eAey clRL's FRANKS.
How She W on the Hearts OF the occupants
of a Railway Car.


There was baby in the railway car
the other day. 1t was not an unusual
child, but it had a decidedly bright
face and pretty ways. For the hrst
few miles she was very quiet, and her
blue eyes looked about in wonderment.
for evidently it was the little ones first
ride in the cars. Then, as she became
used to the roar and rumble, the baby
proclivities asserted themselves, and
she began to play with her fathers
mustache. At first the father and
mother were the only parties inter-
ested. but soon ayoung lady in an adj
iacent seat nudged her escort and di-
rected his attention to the laughing
child. He looked up, remarked that it
was a pretty baby and tried to look UNI
concerned, but it was noticed that his
ewes wandered back to the spot occu-
pied by the happy family, and ne COM
menccd to smile. The baby pulled the
hair of the old maid in front, who
turned around savagely and glared at
the father with look that plainly said:
..Nuisances should be left at home. "
But she caught sight OF the laughing
black eyes of the baby, and when she
turned back her face had lost the an
gular, strained look of disappointment,
and she seemed pleased about some
thing. Several others had become in
terested in the child by this time bust
ness mon and young clerks, old ladies
and girls, and when the baby HANDS
grasped the large silk hat Of her father
and placed it on her own head, it made
such comical picture that an old gen
tleman across the way, unable to re-
strain himself, burst into loud GUT
faw, and then looked sheepishly out of
the window. as if ashamed to be caught
doing such an unmanly thing. Before
another five minutes he was playing
peek-a-boo across the aisle with the
baby, and every one was envying him.
The ubiquitous young man, ever on
the move, passed through, but he was
at loss to account for the frowns of
every body He had failed to notice
the baby, which every one was now IN
terested in. The brakeman looked in
from his post on the platform and
smiled. The paper boy found no Gus
tom till he had spoken to the baby and
jingled his pocket of change for her
ediiication. The conductor caught the
fever and chucked the little one under
the chin. while the old gentleman
across the aisle forgot to pass up his
ticket, so Interested was he in playing
peek-a-boo. The old maid in front re-
laxed, and diving into her reticule un-
carthcd brilliant red pippin and pre-
sented it lbaslIfully to the little one,
who, in response, put her chubby arms
around the donors neck and pressed
her rosy little mouth to the old maids
cheek.
1t brought back a flood of remem-
ORANGES to that withered heart, and a
handkerchief was seen to brush first
this way and then that, as if to catch a
falling tear. The train sped on and
pulled into the station where the baby,
with her parents, was to leave the car
A look of regret came over every face
The old gentleman askedif he couidn't
kiss it Just once, the old maid returned
the caress she had received, and the
baby moved toward the door, shaking
a by-by over the shoulder of her papa
to which every one responded, includ
ing the newsboy, who emphasized hi
farewell with wave of his hat. Th'
passengers rushed to the side where thu
baby got off, and watched till sh'
turned out of sight at the other end o
the station, shaking by-bys all thu
time. They lapsed into silence
They missed that baby, and not ont
of them would be unwilling to ac
knowledge it. The little ones pres
ence had let rift of sunshine int
every heart, warm or cold, in thu car
Business men had forgotten for II Will
their schemes for the day, the girls ha'
omitted to follow up their train o
thoughts abont that new dress and tn
fellows had left off thoughts of bas
ball, and looked into the future whel
they would call a sweet girl of thei
acquaintance "wife, and perhaps hav
just such little piece of sunshln
playing on their knee. Every bod
was better for the presence of tina
baby, and its happy face was picturr
in macy thoughts that day as me
pored over columns of figures o
talked abstractedly of stocks and sc
curities.-Ncwburyport Mass. NewS
The Queen of Portugal is an &C
complished potter. When staying a
the seaside last year she constantly Wis
tied an important factory close by an
+, was so interested that she took lesson
in the whole process of manufacture